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Free workshop for Sport Makers to learn about opportunities for sports making in Sussex. Sport Makers is a national project inspired by London 2012 to get more people involved in sport. Find out more

Monday 30 April, 6:30pm-9:00pm

University of Brighton in Hastings

Havelock Road

Hastings

TN34 1BE

Sign up on the Sport Makers website www.sportmakers.co.uk and register to attend the workshop for free

For more details contact Roanna Simmons on rsimmons@activesussex.org

This event is hosted jointly by University of Brighton and StreetGames/Active Hastings

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19 April, 6:00pm-8:30pm

England Athletics free taster event for children, young people and adults looking to try out various athletics disciplines. The event is also for potential athletics volunteers.

Times: 6:00-7:00pm for primary school children. 7:00pm-8:30pm for secondary school children and adults.

Hosted by East Grinstead Athletics Club.

Imberhorne Upper School, Imberhorne Lane, East Grinstead RH19 1QY

For more details contact Lester Medcalf on lestermedcalf@btinternet.com or 01342 315589

www.englandatheltics.org/areyouready

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19 April, 5:30pm-7:30pm

England Athletics free taster event for children and young people up to the age of 18 looking to try out various athletics disciplines. The event is also for potential athletics volunteers.

Contact Sue to check what time your age group meets. Wear suitable clothing and footwear to participate fully.

Hosted by Eastbourne Rover Athletic Club.

Eastbourne Sports Park, Cross Levels Way , Eastbourne BN21 2UF 

For more details contact Sue Keen on suekeensport@hotmail.com  

www.englandatheltics.org/areyouready

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17 April 5:00pm-6:30pm

England Athletics taster event for disabled athletes looking to try out various athletics disciplines. The event is also for potential athletics volunteers. Inclusive event.

Hosted by Worthing and District Harriers

Worthing Leisure Centre, Shaftesbury Avenue BN12 4ET

For more details contact Claire Moyle on cmoyle@wsgfl.org.uk  

www.englandatheltics.org/areyouready

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Sport Maker of the month Sasha Gendre, right, with AITC Apprenticeship Manager Matt Dorn

A young apprentice from Albion in the Community, who took up coaching after she injured her pelvis playing football, has won the first Active Sussex Sport Maker of the month competition.

Sasha Gendre, 18, received a £50 shopping voucher on completing the required 10 hours of volunteering, after she took part in the first ever Sport Makers workshop in Sussex last year. She was presented with her prize by Cllr Chris Dowling, Chair of East Sussex County Council, at a ceremony on 29 February.

Sport Makers is a national programme inspired by London 2012 to encourage more people to become involved in sport. As a successful Sport Maker Sasha will also have her name entered to win one of 2,000 pairs of tickets to the London 2012 Olympics this summer.

Sasha, from Southwick, joined the AITC apprenticeship scheme after she injured her pelvis playing for a local team in Hassocks. "I decided to take up coaching so I could teach others what I knew about the game," she said. "It's a great way for me to keep going in the sport and hopefully I can return to playing next season."

In the meantime, Sasha will continue to help out at Mile Oak Wanderers, where she completed her 10 hours of volunteering to become Sport Maker of the month. She coaches two of the youth teams – the girls under 10s and boys under 13s. "It's definitely a challenge working with different age groups," she said. "I really like working with younger children. I'm down there every Saturday now."

And what will she be spending the voucher on? "I was thinking putting it towards sports equipment for the kids I work with, but I'll be saving some of it to spend on myself, too."

Interested in becoming a Sport Maker? If you register, attend a workshop and complete 10 hours' sports volunteering by 20 May you too will be entered to win on of 2,000 pairs of tickets for the London 2012 Olympics. To register go to www.sportmakers.co.uk or email Roanna Simmons on rsimmons@activesussex.org for more details

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On the extra day this year, why not consider something new? Active Sussex has picked Wednesday 29 February to launch its Sussex Legacy project, promoting a range of exciting sporting opportunities for Sussex.

Commissioned by Sport England to deliver a number of programmes in Olympic year, the Sussex Legacy initiative – which consists of Sportivate, Sport Makers, Sussex Sports Awards, School Games, Sussex Coaching Bursary and Active & Healthy Workplaces – aims to capture the thrill of the London 2012 Games and increase the numbers of people taking part, coaching and running sport in Sussex.

The aim is to leave a positive and lasting legacy for sport in Sussex.

To celebrate the launch, Active Sussex will host a Legacy briefing at Sussex County Cricket Ground, Hove, on 29 February from midday. For more details and to attend, contact Geraldine Bloomfield on gbloomfield@activesussex.org or 01273 644139.

To read more about Sussex Legacy, visit our dedicated 2012 pages

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Active Sussex's Rowana Simmons and her hearing dog Sammy watch AITC Sport Makers testing kwik cricket at Albion's Community Stadium

Apprentices from Albion in the Community (AITC), the community arm of Brighton & Hove FC, have joined thousands of organisations across the country helping more people play sport by joining Sport England's Sport Makers programme.

AITC held the first Sport Makers workshop in Sussex at the American Express Community Stadium in December, when 27 of its apprentices from AITC's Education and Disability departments joined AITC Staff for an inspiring workshop run by Sports Coach UK tutor John Robinson, who encouraged them to be great Sport Makers.

The AITC workshop, which was specifically tailored for its apprentices, helped provide the knowledge, information and connections to get better at making sport happen. AITC Apprenticeship Tutor Dwayne Clevett said: "This is a great way of helping [our apprentices] further develop their leadership skills and confidence. We're looking forward to supporting them in developing sporting opportunities in their communities in 2012."

Active Sussex is responsible for organising Sport Maker events and recruitment in Sussex, which is part of its Leap into Legacy programme.

Roanna Simmons, Sports Development Officer at Active Sussex, said: "Now the workshop is over, the fun starts where they go out and make a difference in sport activities. The Sport Makers will now have further opportunities to increase participation through Sportivate and the Coach Sussex Bursary projects. I have no doubt that all of them will quickly reach their target of 10 hours volunteering."

"When they reach their 10 hour target, Sport Makers are entered to a ballot to win a free Olympic tickets. After all, the entire programme was created to be a part of the Olympic movement." 

The next Sport Makers workshops open to the public take place in East Grinstead (16 Feb), Sussex County Cricket Club (23 Feb) and Triangle Burgess Hill (15 March).

To register as a Sport Maker and sign up to attend one of the forthcoming workshops in Sussex, go to www.sportmakers.co.uk

For more details on how to become a Sport Maker or if you're an organisation looking to recruit Sport Makers please contact Roanna on rsimmons@activesussex.org

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